GMvault vs Winhost
GMvault
gmvault.orgWinhost
winhost.comSide by side
| Figure | GMvault | Winhost |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $0.41/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Email Backup Software | 7.9 (#10) | 6.8 (#22) |
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In their own words
GMvault
GMvault backs up Gmail accounts to help preserve email correspondence and can restore a local email repository to Gmail. It offers full synchronization as well as incremental quick synchronization. The tool runs from the command line and is described as user-friendly. XOAuth is enabled by default as the recommended sign-in method; its token is stored in $HOME/.gmvault after first authentication. Users can alternatively sign in with a Gmail password, which is encrypted if they choose to save it. Emails are stored by default in $HOME/gmvault-db, or %HOME%/gmvault-db on Windows. Restore operations include --resume and --restart options for avoiding re-upload of emails already processed. GMvault is free and open source under GNU-AGPL-3.0, with Linux, macOS, and Windows support. The project documents binary installs for those systems and installation from source through Python setup.py, pip, or easy_install. PyPI lists version 1.9.1, published March 31, 2016.